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(1) An independent variable; for example, the variable m in the equation E = mc2.~(2) A specific value of an independent variable; for example, the value m = 24 kg.~(3) A constant, variable, or expression used in a call to a software module to specify data or program elements to be passed to that module.
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(1) In configuration management, an acronym for notice of revision.~(2) Note: The meaning of this term as a logical operator is given in IEEE Std 610.1I1084-1986 (I, 111.
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(1) In software engineering, a single, usually continuous, execution of a computer program.~(2) To execute a computer program.
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(1) In software engineering, the process of expressing a computer program in a programming language.~(2) The transforming of logic and data from design specifications (design descriptions) into a programming language.
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(1) Most commonly, a synonym for stop.~(2) Less commonly, a synonym for pause.
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(1) One of the subsystems or combinations of subsystems that make up an overall system; for example, the accounts payable segment of a financial system.~(2) In storage allocation, a self-contained portion of a computer program that can be executed without maintaining the entire program in main storage.~(3) A collection of data that is stored or transferred as a unit.~(4) In path analysis, a sequence of computer program statements between two consecutive branch points.~(5) To divide a system, computer program, or data file into segments as in (I), (2), or (3).
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(1) Pertaining to a system or component that is ready for use in its intended environment.~(2) Pertaining to a system or component that is installed in its intended environment.~(3) Pertaining to the environment in which a system or component is intended to be used.
Industry:Computer; Software
(1) Pertaining to data transmitted to an external destination.~(2) Pertaining to a device, process, or channel involved in transmitting data to an external destination.~(3) To transmit data to an external destination.~(4) Loosely, output data.
Industry:Computer; Software
(1) Pertaining to the sequential transfer, occurrence, or processing of the individual parts of a whole, such as the bits of a character, using the same facilities for successive parts. Contrast with: parallel (1).~(2) See: sequential.
Industry:Computer; Software
(1) That portion of an operating system that is kept in main memory at all times.~(2) A software module that encapsulates an elementary function or functions of a system.
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